If you’d like to see more, you can watch the entire BBC One broadcast of the conversation right here.

★ Want to Support the Cause? ★

Sir Attenborough’s closing monologue in State of the Planet says it all: “The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action… Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, [and] inhabitable by all species.”

Take action today by asking policymakers to support a healthier, more inhabitable future for planet earth.

Matthew M. Sullivan holds a bachelor's degree in creative writing from Grand Valley State University, with emphases in fiction and nonfiction. He lives smack-dab between some railroad tracks and Grand Rapids Michigan's third-busiest road, and spends his time studying film and literary fiction.